The erosion of consensus politics overtook local government as it did many other areas of public life.
Ten years were to pass before total imports and imports per capita equalled and overtook those of 1913.
Coming away from a meeting in the afternoon, we overtook a dear old lady who was trudging along.
The second calamity which overtook bread and other flour products was the introduction some thirty years ago of bleaching agents.
Then the war overtook us and, like most other industries we were completely organised for full war production.
I explained how we underspent in 1924–5 and both overtook and anticipated expenditure in 1925–6.
In the past, when these events overtook us, the only way has been the cutting of wages, which affects the whole family.
Last year, for the first time, manufacturing overtook tourism in its contribution to our local economy.
